Edinburgh Medical and Surgical Journal, Volume 39

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A. and C. Black, 1833
 

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Page 487 - The veins of the uterus appropriated to bring back the blood from the placenta, commence from this spongy substance by such wide beginnings, as are more than equal to the size of the veins themselves. These veins pass obliquely through the decidua to the uterus, enter its substance obliquely, and immediately communicate with the proper veins of the uterus.
Page 487 - ... uterus, after both the veins and arteries had been injected, and a longitudinal incision made through the anterior parietes of the uterus where the placenta adhered to its internal surface, he was led to conclude that the arteries which are not immediately employed in conveying nourishment to the uterus go on towards the placenta, and proceeding obliquely between it and the uterus, pass through the decidua without ramifying; and that just before entering the placenta, after making two or three...
Page 488 - ... uterine, which belongs to the mother; that each of these parts has its peculiar system of arteries and veins, and its peculiar circulation, receiving blood by its arteries and returning it by its veins; that the circulation through these two parts of the placenta differs in the following manner: in the umbilical portion the arteries terminate in the veins by a continuity of canal, whereas in the uterine portion, there are intermediate cells, into which the arteries terminate, and from which the...
Page 489 - ... through the inner membrane of the uterus, and large enough to admit the point of the little finger: their edges are perfectly smooth, and present not the slightest appearance of having been lacerated by the removal of the placenta. In some places they have a semilunar or elliptical form, and in others they resemble a double valvular aperture. Over these openings in the inner membrane of the uterus, the placenta, covered by deciduous membrane, is directly applied, and closes them in such a manner...
Page 252 - In good soils, and particularly during wet seasons, the tree blossoms every four or five weeks ; hence there are generally fresh flowers and ripe nuts on the tree at the same time. There are commonly from five to fifteen nuts in a bunch; and in good soils, a tree may produce from eight to twelve bunches, or from 80 to 100 nuts annually.

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